smoothest

ADJECTIVE

level, unwrinkled; flowing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

continuous creamy easy effortless flat fluid gentle glossy mild peaceful polished quiet serene shiny silky sleek soft stable steady tranquil uneventful velvety

STRONG

even flush horizontal invariable plain plane regular shaven soothing still uniform

WEAK

bland equable fluent frictionless glassy hairless lustrous mirrorlike monotonous planate rhythmic rippleless unbroken undeviating undisturbed uninterrupted unruffled untroubled unvarying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agitated broken clamorous complex complicated demanding difficult discontinuous disturbed dull excited hard harsh intermittent intricate loud noisy raised rough sharp strict strong troubled turbulent unfixed unstable violent wild wobbly

STRONG

abnormal changing different extraordinary inconsistent irregular uncommon uneven upright variable vertical

WEAK

coarse uncool wrinkled

ADJECTIVE

suave in behavior

Synonyms

STRONGEST

civilized mellow mild pleasant slick

STRONG

ingratiating

WEAK

agreeable bland courteous courtly facile genial glib persuasive polite smarmy unctuous urbane

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rough

WEAK

broken coarse intermittent irregular uncool uneven wrinkled

Example Sentences

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But it hasn’t always been the smoothest ride.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

Turner’s Philadelphia tenure didn’t get off to the smoothest start.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

Despite spending somewhere close to $650 million to assemble their rosters, the two most prestigious franchises in Major League Baseball didn’t exactly have the smoothest summers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

“We just felt that was the smoothest path to a transition,” Maritz said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

She had horn-rimmed glasses and was convinced they made her ugly, even though she had a long neck and the straightest, smoothest hair I’d ever seen.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine